US television icon Mary Tyler Moore dead at 80


US actress Mary Tyler Moore, pictured in 2009, was a passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.-AFP

Los Angeles (AFP) - Legendary actress Mary Tyler Moore, who delighted a generation of Americans with her energetic comic performances and broke barriers with her iconic portrayal of a single career woman, died Wednesday after years of ill health. She was 80.

Moore's eponymous sitcom ran for seven seasons in the 1970s and was named by Time Magazine as one of 17 shows that "changed television."

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